The Department of Energy said Tuesday it signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum to foster collaboration on enhancing capacity building in the energy sector including nuclear power.
The DOE and the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF), also known as the Fulbright Commission in the Philippines, agreed to work together to establish a framework for creating scholarships and human resource development programs for the Philippine energy sector.
“We had the pleasure of collaborating with the Philippine American Educational Foundation which gave us an opportunity to have advanced training for the clean energy sector in developing the human resources needed, including the opportunities for civil nuclear cooperation,” Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said.
The collaboration will involve engaging experts from the United States to provide professional consultations, lectures, training and research to the DOE, as well as to universities and institutions in the Philippines endorsed or identified by the Department.
